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Infectious Agents Exposure : Archiving in Dental Plaque

France15 participantsStarted 2019-03-04

Plain-language summary

We are studying the possibility of using dental calculus as a reservoir for the genes of an infectious agent that has infected the patient in previous months; as it is done to highlight climate change in ice samples.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * three months before, having been infected with a documented pathogen * this infection must have been clinically obvious * the patient must have dental calculus Exclusion Criteria: * to be under 18 years old * to be incapable to consenting * a tartar removal since the infection

What they're measuring

successful detection of pathogen

Timeframe: 3 to 12 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03864952

SponsorUniversity Hospital, Brest

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2019-09-04

Contact for this trial

Luc de Saint-Martin, MD, PhD

+33 298 347 341 luc.desaintmartin@chu-brest.fr

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